Peer Pressure (Brainpop)
Quiz by Anita Proffitt
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- Q1
Who best fits your group of peers?
Teachers
Classmates
Parents
Younger siblings
45s - Q2
Which is an example of positive peer pressure?
A student in your math class asks if he can copy your homework
Skipping school with your best friend
Stealing something as part of a club's initiation
A castmate in the school play urges you to memorize your lines
45s - Q3
Which is the best definition for positive peer pressure?
Influence on your behavior from a group of your peers
Pressure that encourages good behavior
Friends asking you directly to do something
Being exposed to certain behaviors and feeling a pressure to conform
45s - Q4
As a freshman, you decide to go to your first high school football game. What's the most likely thing that you'll do?
Observe how the other students act and try to act the same way
Ask your little brother to explain the rules of football to you as you watch the game
Go straight to the concession stand and pig out
Arrive late and leave early
45s - Q5
Which is an example of unspoken peer pressure?
Wanting a certain brand of sneakers because lots of other kids are wearing them
Telling your friend to drive too fast because you're late
Convincing someone to skip school with you
Encouraging a friend to study harder so they can make better grades
45s - Q6
You should pick your best friends based on:
How they are treated by other people
How nicely they dress
How popular they are
How closely you share the same values and interests
45s - Q7
Why do 14-year-olds face more peer pressure than 8-year-olds?
8-year-olds normally don't have a lot of worries.
Younger children get along better than teenagers do.
Younger children spend less time with their friends than teenagers do.
8-year-olds are usually more mature than 14-year-olds.
45s - Q8
What is a true statement about peer pressure?
Only kids and teens have to deal with peer pressure.
People can influence each other without even speaking.
Virtually all adolescents face peer pressure
Peer pressure is always negative.
45s - Q9
Someone offers you a cigarette at a party. What's the best response?
Try it once to see if you like it.
Say "No, thanks. I don't smoke."
Ignore the person.
Make up a lame excuse.
45s - Q10
The buddy system assumes:
All peer pressure is good.
All peer pressure is bad.
Being a loner is your best option.
Peer pressure is easier to resist in groups.
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